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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 128

Good Quality Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 6

Good quality fat sheep are hard to procure at present, but one of the best consignment seen at Campbell's Hill saleyards, West Maitland…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Coy. reports 10th inst.: As regards sales, interest is now centred in London, where 90,000 bales…

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Wool Graphs for School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Two colored graphs, enclosed in neat frames, illustrating the exports of Australian wool, and the fluctuation of prices over a…

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Surplus Wool Prime Minister's Statement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Referring to a report that if Japan drastically reduced its purchases of Australian wool, the Government might take over any surplus wool…

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Wheat Easier Rain in America SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 1

Owing to the breaking of the drought in America values in the Sydney wheat market to-day were caster, and sile grain dropped 1d on…

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A Sharp Rise Butter in London LONDON, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

The whole atmosphere of the butter market has changed. The renewal of optimism not only led to a sharp appreciation of spot values but activity…

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Another B.a.w.r.a.? Wool Industry

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Protections for the Australian wool industry may be granted by the Commonwealth Government if its present hopes of an early settlement of the…

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British Empire Wool Clip. Its Importance in Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Of the world's total wool supply of approximately 12,223,000 bales of Australian weight, the British Empire…

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Keen Demand London Wool Sales LONDON, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 1

A keen demand continued at the wool sales to-day for an offering of 7250 bales, of which 6173 were sold. Full late rates were received. The…

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London Wool Sales. Current Rates Maintained. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

A keen demand was continued at the wool sales to-day for an offering of 7255 bales, of which 6473 were sold. The catalogue included 1566 bales…

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The Farmers' Column. Dairying. Worth While When Milking. Importance of Clean Hands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 5

Emphasising in a recent address to farmers the importance of cleanliness in the dairy, a departmental instructor quoted the case of a supplier to a…

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Nabiac Show, 1936. Butter Fat Competition. A.I.S. Cow Again Successful

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 5

It in pleasing to learn that Mr. Harry J. J. B. Part's "Killeevy Beauty the 3rd," of Killeevy A.I.S. Stud Farm, Bunyah Roadside, via Krambach, won…

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Prices Slump London Wheat Market Rain in Canada London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 1

On receipt of report of rain in North-west Canada, and as the result of a break in the canadian and United States prices following a Washing…

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Wheat Prices Decline. Improved Position in Canada and America. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

On receipt of reports of rain in North-West Canada, and. as a result of the break in Canadian and United States prices, following a Washington…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Factory Report for June

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Markets.—Butter: Australia 1/3 per lb, London ll½d per lb. Cheese: London, 9½d per lb.; Australia, 6d. per lb. Equalisation quota.—Butter: 7.69 per…

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Milk Board Extends Inquiry to Singleton INDUSTRY Saved from Chaos Farmer's View Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 7

An investigation into the operations of the Milk Board in its relation to the industry in the singleton district, was opened at…

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New Technique Urged for Farming Control Losses Richmond

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 10

The annual conference of agricultural instructors of the Department of Agriculture, which was commenced at Hawkesbury…

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Fodder Storage Stabilisation of Dairying. Coastal Co-Operation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

Dairymen must concentrate on discovering and developing ways and means of combating the evils of drought and of dry periods…

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The Raymond Terrace Co-op. Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd. Factory Report for June

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Markets:—Butter, Australia, 1/3 per lb.; London, 11½d. Cheese: Australia, 9½d per 1b.; London, 6d 1b. Equalisation quota; Butter, 7.69…

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